Ambassador Bern

Wie die meisten meiner Bekannten und Freunde auf und neben Facebook mittlerweile wissen, plane ich eine Reise nach Patagonien. Am 10. November geht's los. Das Motto? Raus - aber richtig! (habe ich das nicht schon irgendwo gelesen?) Zu diesem Zweck schlage ich mich auch als Anfänger mit TravelPod herum. Es geht mir darum, auf dieser Plattform eine lose Folge von Informationen und hoffentlich ...

... is a mountain that rises 9,748' above sea level. At it's peak sits a restaurant called "Piz Gloria"'. Now a restaurant at the top of this dramatic overlook, which gives you a view to the Eiger, Monch and Jungfrau peaks (all in excess of 13,000' and snow-covered, would be spectacular enough. However evidently the Swiss wanted more drama, so they also made it revolve. For those of you who are 007 fans, the restaurant was "blown up ...

... Unfortunately, the costs of living here meant it was really hard for us do anything and even eat really basically. How can one of the most advanced places in the world not have ready access to the internet for a reasonable price when in a place like Egypt it is in every restaurant, hotel and cafe for free? We will remember the stupendous scenery and the outragoeus chips. Next stop - back to Austria!

... from numerous walks around this enchanting old city. We were largely unsnowed on just because every sidewalk (or rather, the side of every street) has covered arcades over them, so you can walk everywhere free from rain or snow. We also took a day trip to Basel, which was similarly quaint and gorgeous. It was funny going to Basel, since right from the very beginning of our trip, in the Schwarzwald (right north of Basel, or course ...

... their necks walking beside the road. Coming down into Switzerland, we were surprised to see the number of vineyards on the terraces. We soon realised we were still in Cote du Rhone country which made more sense, but still we have never known the Swiss for their wine. We arrived in Bern mid-morning and I decided to lead the way into the old town as I had been looking at the map in the car on the way there. Despite my usually good sense of direction, I managed to get us ...

... melted snow to the other side. Nice walk but unfortunately no joy as the end was a cliff with waterfalls coming down (very nice). Bugger! So i plodded back and noticed another trail marker (red lines on a rock, took me an hour to work out they point in the direction of the path and was doing a where's wally for the next sign the whole time...bloody stupid tourist) so thought i would go that way for something different and it probably goes back to the cable cars too.....what i ...

... place to take in some history. The stained glass windows still looked very catholic with scenes depicting the Crucifixion and Cain and Able. There were even tombs behind the alter with skulls and crossbones on it. We then headed back to change for dinner. We found a nice Pizza place called Pinocchio. We enjoyed the pizza and salad and then we headed back to our hotel for the night.

*Warning: I've had some comments that reading my blogs have made people jealous and even start had some request that I throw in some bad points of my trip so it sounds more realistic. I can't lie, so just don't read below if you don't want to be feel like never speaking to me again:) * Yup, I'm still in Switzerland. Just having an awesome time. My typical day is waking up at 7 or 8 and eating breakfast, which for some reason now takes me an ...

... across the bridge to the Cathedral. We checked out the view from the terrace behind the Cathedral before climbing to the top of the Cathedral tower. The views from the top were worth the climb! We caught the tram back to Bahnhofplatz and returned to the hotel for a rest. Went out in search of dinner at 6pm deciding to eat at an Italian restaurant on Bärenplatz before catching the tram back to Bahnhofplatz and returning to the hotel.

... So, I figured out my problem myself...clever girl! I then flew to Zurich, where I had no problems getting through security and customs (thank goodness cause I may have run into some issues telling them I was working for a year, but didn't have my visa yet). My dad (who was in Europe for work) and a funny little Swiss fella named Kurt (who has been friends with my parents from way back) met me at the airport. With my dad there it was like arriving home again!! The ...